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PMR - Decreased prednisone and pain returned

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: May 28 1:36pm | Replies (157)
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@johnbishop

Welcome @veronicamac, Sorry to hear that you have been struggling for 9 years with PMR. When you say every time you reduce down to 2.5 mg of prednisone the PMR flares up and you have to increase the dosage. I'm wondering how much you are tapering down when you go to 2.5 mg. It may be that it's too large of a taper down percentage wise. What dosage were you taking before going down to 2.5 mg?

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veronicamac | @veronicamac | Mar 28 3:44pm

Hello John, thank you for responding. when I flare up I usually have to increase to 8 or 10mg for pain relief. I reduce by 1mg monthly until 5mg then 1mg every 6 weeks or so until I reach 4mg. I then reduce by 1mg after two months then on 3mg for a further 2months then 2 1/2 and within a week or so I had a flare up.

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